Job 29:7
When I went out to the city gate, 1 when I sat in my place in the city square, 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
In Context
6when my way was covered with cream, 1 and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! 1
Cross References
Genesis 19:1The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, while Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, arose to meet them, and bowed down with his face to the ground.
Deuteronomy 16:18You must make judges and officers within all your city gates that Yahweh your God is giving you; they will be taken from each of your tribes, and they must judge the people with righteous judgment.
Ruth 4:1Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. Soon, the near kinsman of whom Boaz had spoken came by. Boaz said to him, “My friend, come over and sit down here.” The man came over and sat down.
Job 31:21if I have lifted up my hand against fatherless people 1 because I saw my support in the city gate, 1 then bring charges against me! 1
Zechariah 8:16These are the things that you must do: Speak truth, every person with his neighbor. Judge with truth, justice, and peace in your gates.
Matthew Henry on Job 29:2-7
Former Prosperity of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; 3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; 4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; 5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; 6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; Losers may have leave to speak, and… Read the whole commentary →